Luigi Mangione is due in federal court Friday for a pivotal hearing in his fight to bar the government from seeking the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione’s lawyers contend that authorities prejudiced his case by turning his December 2024 arrest into a “Marvel movie” spectacle and by...
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Businessman Extradited From Cambodia To China Suspected Of Running Vast Online Criminal Empire
Chen Zhi boasted of pulling in $30 million a day, prosecutors in the United States said — a suspected criminal mastermind and onetime internet cafe manager who authorities say presented himself as a legitimate businessman. But in reality, they say, he ran online gambling sites, scams and other illegal businesses from a sprawling headquarters along...
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Gunmen Kill Crime Reporter In Eastern Mexico
A journalist Carlos Castro, who covered crime for local news outlet Codigo Norte Veracruz has been shot dead by gunmen in eastern Mexico. According to Mexican media and the State Commission for the Attention and Protection of Journalists, an autonomous body under the regional government, the victim, Castro, was a crime reporter with local news...
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Nigerian Man In Malaysia Handed Death Sentence Over Tragic Death Of Step-Grandson.
KUALA LUMPUR High Court in Malaysia sentenced a Nigerian man to death today for murdering his four-year-old step-grandson six years ago. According to Malaysian news outlet Berita Harian, Justice K. Muniandy handed down the sentence to Ibekwe Emeka Augustine, 48, after evaluating the totality of evidence presented before the court. Augustine was charged with causing...
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Former School Bus Aide Pleads Guilty To Assaulting 3 Students With Autism
A former school aide pleaded guilty to a dozen charges for assaulting children on a school bus. According to the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, a criminal investigation into 30-year-old Kiarra Jones was launched after a parent of a nonverbal child with autism reported that her son came home with bruises on his foot. Upon...
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U.S Charges 28-Year-Old Babatunde Afuwape With First Degree Murder In The Death Of A University Student.
Police have made an arrest in the death of a University of Toronto student who was gunned down near the Scarborough campus on December 23. Shivank Avasthi, 20, was pronounced deceased at the scene on the Highland Creek Trail after officers responded to reports of a person with serious injuries. At a news conference at...
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Man Who Held Himself Out As Native American Activist Sentenced To 46 Years For Serial Rapes
A man who held himself out as a Native American activist was sentenced Wednesday to 46 years in prison for drugging and raping women in a case that inspired calls for changes in Washington state law to prohibit defendants who represent themselves from directly questioning their accusers. Redwolf Pope, who had apartments in Seattle and...